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8 EU States Face Sanctions on Phone Markets

Kevin J. O'Brien writes in The International Herald Tribune:

The European Commission began administrative proceedings Thursday against eight European Union states - including Germany, Denmark and Sweden - for not applying EU law to keep national telecommunications markets open to competition.

The new batch of infringement proceedings, which could result in lawsuits before the European Court of Justice, are part of an effort by Brussels to compel member states to follow EU law. In telecommunications, the European Commission has filed 80 complaints against member states since 2004, about half of which have been settled before going to court.

posted by Fergie @ 10/12/2006 01:50:00 PM